It feels as though Demian Maia has been in the contender’s queue at welterweight for an eternity now.
Thanks to his seventh consecutive victory, a split verdict over Jorge Masvidal at UFC 211 in Dallas on Saturday night, it appears that wait could be nearing it’s end. In the Octagon shortly after his triumph, Maia approached Dana White’s cageside seat and asked for confirmation that his time had arrived, and the UFC president confirmed that a title shot would indeed be next.
If that doesn’t happen, it wouldn’t be the first time something White said in the heat of the moment didn’t come true.